I have believed and repeated times without number that India is to be found not in its few cities but in its 7,000,000 villages. But we town-dwellers have believed that India is to be found in its towns and the villages were created to minister our needs. We have hardly ever paused to inquire if those poor folk get sufficient to eat and clothe themselves with and whether they have a roof to shelter themselves from sun and rain.
Harijan, 04-04-1946
